MENDI FILM BEKA GRANT, DEADLINE IN TWO DAYS

Two days left for attending the 7th edition of the Mendi Film Bizkaia Ternua Beka, a grant promoted by Mendi Film, Ternua and the Basque Language, Culture and Sports Ministry of the Bizkaia Regional Government, aimed at the creation of documentary film projects that seek to promote mountain culture through audiovisual means.

Purpose of the grant and selection process

The grant consists of a financial contribution of €10,000 and a support programme, led by the creative producer Itziar García Zubiri, to develop the selected project, which needs to be focused on mountain culture, understood from multiple perspectives, whether sporting, cultural or social, or through projects related to sustainability, ecology, and/or climate change. Priority will be given to young filmmakers, projects filmed wholly or partly within the historical territory of Bizkaia, and those with a local-global character. However, none of these three factors will be decisive in determining the award of the grant.

The selection process consists of two phases. In the first phase, the four finalist projects will be selected to proceed to the next phase. In the final selection phase, which will take place in person and/or online during the 19th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia (4–13 December 2026), a jury comprising members of the audiovisual community and the mountaineering world will determine the project to be awarded the 7th Mendi Film Bizkaia Ternua Beka grant.

How to partecipate

The grant is open to anyone aged 18 or over, with no restrictions based on nationality or country of residence. Projects may be submitted either individually or as a group and there is no limit to the number of projects each participant may submit for the grant. Entries must not be a shortened or extended version of another film made prior to this call for entries. Members of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia, as well as any sponsors or partners involved in the selection process for the winning project, are expressly excluded from the competition.

Receiving the Mendi Film Bizkaia Ternua Beka grant does not preclude the possibility of receiving other funding for the same project. Such funding must be compatible with the grant’s sponsors, the Basque Language, Culture and Sports Ministry of the Bizkaia Regional Government and the company Ternua. In any case, BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia must always validate the compatibility of other potential sponsors.

More information are available at the dedicated page on BKK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia website.